Érik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao
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Date | March 19, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | vacant WBC International and IBA super featherweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Érik Morales won via UD[1] |
Manny Pacquiao vs. Érik Morales, billed as Coming With Everything, was a super featherweight boxing match. The bout took place on March 19, 2005 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and was distributed by HBO PPV.[2][3] The bout is the first of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy,[4] widely considered one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time.[5][6][7]
Morales controlled the pace of the close fight. In the fifth round, Pacquiao suffered a cut over his right eye caused by Morales' right cross.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Morales outlasts Pacquiao". ESPN.com. March 20, 2005.
- ^ "Sino si Manny Pacquiao ?". Philstar.com.
- ^ "Morales-Pacquiao: Pride vs. Power. – Boxing News".
- ^ http://theunderdogsports.com/clash-titans-part-erik-morales-vs-manny-pacquiao-iii/
- ^ Tate, Justin. "Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales and the 15 Greatest Boxing Trilogies of All Time". Bleacher Report.
- ^ "Mulvaney: Can Pacquiao-Morales join all-time great trilogies?". ESPN.com. November 16, 2006.
- ^ Juico, SPORTS FOR ALL BY Philip Ella. "The great trilogies in boxing". Philstar.com.
- ^ "Pacquiao Sees Red in Loss to Morales". Los Angeles Times. March 20, 2005.
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